Golf-tee.



H. ABERT.

GOLF TEE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. II, 1915.

LM L'M?. Pateted June 29, 1915.

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HAMILTON ABERT, OF PASSAIC, N EW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE MAN HATTAN RUBBER MANUFACTURING COMLE'ANY, OF PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY, .A CORPORATION OF NEW JEBSEY.

GOLF-TEE.

Lgfg Specfication of Letters Patent. Patgnted June 29, 1915 Application filed March 11, 1915.

To all whom it ma z concern:

Be it known that I, HAMILTON ABERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Passaic, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf-Tees, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description.

My invention relates to golf tces but more particularly to those which can be weighted to the ground. Ordinarily golf tees are very light in weight, and for this reason it is difficult to hold the same in the exact position desired on the ground.

It is the object of my invention to obviate this disadvantage by attaching to the tee a weight or anchor which is heavier than the tee proper and which is made up in suitable form and shape to readily hold its position on the ground adjacent to the tee, and which is connected to the tee in such a manner that when the weight is moved about from place to place, it will carry the tee with it, always holding the latter in its upright position.

A further object of the invention is to so connect the weight and tee that the latter willbe normally rigid relatively to the weight but may yield in respect to the same, thereby enabling the device to be folded'or rolled up when not in use.

I attain these and other objects of my invention in the preferred embodiment thereof set forth in the following description and accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters refer to correspondng parts.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan View of my device; F ig. 2, a side View. thereof when partially folded, and Fig. 3 a longi tudinal vertical section taken on the line X-X in Fig. 1.

My device generally consists of the tee 2 which may be of any suitable construction, but I prefer to shape the same in the form of a cup having a rim 3 on which the golf ball may rest. In order to provide a cup of the proper shape and having the proper wall thickness, and at the same time to provide a base of suitable dimensions to support the cup, I preferably form a fiange 3' about the base portion of the cup. At-

;tached to one side of the cup 2 and projecting therefrom, is a bar 4: which is preferably fiattened so that it will he below a horizontal plane passing across the top of Serial No. 13,592.

the cup and is prefcrably of substantially uniform width and substantially unifprm thickness. Suitably attachcd to the outer extrenity of the bar 4 is a weight or anchoring portion 5 which is also preferably flattened to have a substantial undersurface area so that it Will readly rctain its equilibrium on the ground. The device may .ibe made out of any suitable material, but I prefer to mold the same in one piece out of resilient rubber or material having properties like rubber, it being particularly desirable that the connecting link or bar 4 should be made of this material in order that it may be folded so that the device can be readily carried in the pocket of a garment. This material further has its advantages in that it is not breakable and is weather-proof. In fashioning my tee I find it advantageous to make the cup and bar out of a composition which has a relatively light specific gravity and the* weight or anchoring portion out of a composition which has a relatively heavy specific gravity. The feature of fiattenng the bar and weight so that all the parts may he flat upon the ground permits of a structure which is extremely neat and compact, which retains well its position on the ground and further in the case of the weight enables the device to be readily turned over on the ground with the foot, should by chance the device become reversed. From the above description, other advantages will readily suggest themselves.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it should be distinctly understood that the same is susceptible to such modification as may fairly come within the scope of the appended clams.

What I claim is:-

l. A golf tee having a weight connected thereto by a link; all of said parts being formed out of resilient rubber as an integral structure.

2. A golf tee, a Weight therefor; and a link connecting said tee and said weight, all formed integral of rubber and having a continuous fiat undersurface.

3. A golf tee, a weight therefor, and a link of substantially uniform width and substantially uniforni thickness connecting said tee and said Weight, said tee, weight and link being all formed integral of rubber and having a eontinuous flat undersurface.

4. A golf tee, a weight therefor, an elastic link rigidly connected at its respective ends to said tee and said weight, said tee, link and. weight presenting a continuous flat' gravity than the other parts.

7. A golf tee having a weight connected thereto by a link, all of said parts being formed into an integral structure of resilient rubber and' the material composing said weight being of relatively greater specific gravity than that composing the other parte. 8. A golf tee, a Weight therefor, and a link connecting said tee and said weight, all formed integral of rubber and having a continuous flat undersurface, said tee being formed as a cup provided at its bottom with afiange having its undersurface continuous with that of the tee.

Signed at Passaic, New Jersey this 25th day of J anuary 1915.

HAMILTON ABERT. Witnesses:

J. H. DUNNING, C. E. CU'MMINGS, Jr. 

